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I should say I would like one of those guns, I've been thinking about getting one but I can't tell what brand is technically good, I don't trust Amazon reviews on this because they don't seem to sell professional equipment

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Ours is the Boots version. I used one on my son when he was a boy, 20 years ago. We have another. They are great for use on smaller kids. They seem to be reliable and accurate. You point and “shoot” at the forehead.

I will look for the advert for it...

I cannot see the version we have ( bought it about 5 years ago ) but the one in the link looks the closest though not exactly the same carcass.

Ours is the Boots version. I used one on my son when he was a boy, 20 years ago. We have another. They are great for use on smaller kids. They seem to be reliable and accurate. You point and “shoot” at the forehead.

I will look for the advert for it...

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I bought an in ear thermometer 16 years ago in the Philippines for James and I found it very accurate, untrained people like Ana could use it and get a reliable indication if the child was sick, we had it for years we still have it but it errors a lot now.

The ones I have bought in recent years feel less reliable, I should get an old style mercury thermometer or even an alcohol one to use as calibration but they can't get core temperature like an in ear device.

I was fascinated by China when I was there back in 1984 but it seemed quite backward on the island of Hainan. Sanya in Hainan became a tourist area in more recent years because the weather is nice down in the south.

I was fascinated by China when I was there back in 1984 but it seemed quite backward on the island of Hainan. Sanya in Hainan became a tourist area in more recent years because the weather is nice down in the south.

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Hainan in the 90's was just being touted as a holiday spot for Hong kongers.

Hainan in the 90's was just being touted as a holiday spot for Hong kongers.

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From what I can remember, we stayed in a very old fashioned hotel with rooms all on the ground floor back then.
I do remember one oil company being completely expelled from China around the same time because one local maid was seen chatting with a "gweilo" (common Cantonese slang term and ethnic slur for Westerners) in his Sanya room.
How things changed. I met a man in the Congo about five years later who had just come from Sanya and who told me he couldn't get to sleep in his nice Sanya hotel as there were frequent knocks on his door from ladies of the night trying to ply their trade.

From what I can remember, we stayed in a very old fashioned hotel with rooms all on the ground floor back then.
I do remember one oil company being completely expelled from China around the same time because one local maid was seen chatting with a "gweilo" (common Cantonese slang term and ethnic slur for Westerners) in his Sanya room.
How things changed. I met a man in the Congo about five years later who had just come from Sanya and who told me he couldn't get to sleep in his nice Sanya hotel as there were frequent knocks on his door from ladies of the night trying to ply their trade.

I am glad I got to see certain parts of China before they became too touristy,Kashgar now looks nothing like it did 30 years ago,the market has been sanitised and Xinjiang now has Uighur re-education camps,the KKH is now open 12 months of the year etc.

From what I can remember, we stayed in a very old fashioned hotel with rooms all on the ground floor back then.
I do remember one oil company being completely expelled from China around the same time because one local maid was seen chatting with a "gweilo" (common Cantonese slang term and ethnic slur for Westerners) in his Sanya room.
How things changed. I met a man in the Congo about five years later who had just come from Sanya and who told me he couldn't get to sleep in his nice Sanya hotel as there were frequent knocks on his door from ladies of the night trying to ply their trade.